On This Day in 1537, Cabeza de Vaca Made it Home
The shipwrecked would-be Conquistador, lost for eight years, returned to Spain with a tale to tell
4 min readAug 9, 2021
On August 9, 1537, a Portuguese merchant ship carrying spices from the east India trade, sailing under the protection of an armada sent to ward off French corsairs, pulled into port in Lisbon. On board the ship was…
